Fernando Ferreira da Silva vs. Claudinei Lacerda - 9 Rounds

[ChicagoBoxing]

Fernando Ferreira da Silva vs. Claudinei Lacerda says scheduled for 9 rounds for a vacant WBA Fedecentro welterweight title bout.

Is this a typo or this actually happened ?

[claudevsq]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw6NMum8 ... e=youtu.be

[ChicagoBoxing]

I never heard of a 9 round championship fight ? Would this be against the rules of the sanctioning body ?

[claudevsq]

No, in contrary. WBA uses for a while now half-point system and 9-round fights for some of their titles, like Fedecentro and Fedebol, or 11 rounds for Fedelatin.